Joanna Cafora

Joanna Cafora (died March 1979) was an Italian-American woman from New York City who was married to Lucchese crime family associate Johnny Cafora. In the aftermath of the Lufthansa heist, Johnny made the mistake of buying Joanna a brand-new pink Cadillac Fleetword, although Jimmy Conway had warned him against buying anything expensive in the time immediately following the heist. Johnny claimed that it was bought in his mother's name as a wedding gift for his wife, but Conway criticized him and left their presence. In March 1979, the dead bodies of Johnny and Joanna Cafora were found under a bridge in the front seats of their Cadillac Fleetwood; small children playing witch sticks first saw the dead couple in their car.